... snake or sea monster and is a magnified version ofthe serpent in Genesis and also an image of Satan (Revelation 12 :3, 12:4,12:7, 12:9, 12: 13, 12:16, 12:17, 13: 2, 13. 4, 16: 13, 20:2). The beasts(therion) ... 21:6–11), makes seven loaves and a few little fish feedthousands of people (Matthew 15 :34 –8, cf. Matthew 14:17–21; Mark6 :37 –44, 8:1–8; Luke 9:12–17; John 6:9– 13) and predicts that money thatwill ... like a dove” (Luke 3: 22)or was “descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him” (John1 :32 ; cf. Mark 1:9–11; Matthew 3: 13 17). As pointed out by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, this...